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The tawny-faced gnatwren is 9 to 11 cm (3.5 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 10 to 14 g (0.35 to 0.49 oz). The nominate subspecies has a rusty face with a rufous crown and a thin black stripe behind the eye. A wide black malar stripe ("moustache") separates its face from the white
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is sparse. Nesting has been recorded in April in Costa Rica and between
December and May in Colombia. The one fully-described nest was constructed of green moss with a soft inner lining. It was attached to the trunk and a limb of a broadleaf shrub and contained two eggs.
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throat and upper breast; the last has thin black stripes. Its back is brown and its underparts are gray. The sexes are alike. The other subspecies differ in the intensity of their cheek and underparts colors, and some do not have the black stripe behind the eye.
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Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, E. Bonaccorso, S. Claramunt, A. Jaramillo, D. F. Lane, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, F. G. Stiles, and K. J. Zimmer. Version 23 May 2021. A classification of the bird species of South
America. American Ornithological Society.
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The tawny-faced gnatwren's diet is primarily ants and other insects but also includes spiders. It forages through foliage and leaf litter while hopping through undergrowth near the ground. It regularly joins
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has assessed the tawny-faced gnatwren as being of Least
Concern. However, "Three races...are primarily restricted to ecoregions considered...to be seriously threatened as a result of habitat loss".
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Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements
Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from
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HBW and BirdLife
International (2020) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 5. Available at:
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Olson, S.L. (1980). "Revision of the Tawny-faced gnatwren,
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Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2021).
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952:IUCN Red List least concern species
538:IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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982:Birds of Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena
339:American Ornithological Society
972:Birds of the Ecuadorian Amazon
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992:Taxa named by Philip Sclater
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529:"Tawny-faced Gnatwren
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391:Magdalena River Valley
262:BirdLife International
204:half-collared gnatwren
154:M. cinereiventris
393:of northern Colombia
26:Tawny-faced gnatwren
397:M. c. cinereiventris
383:of northern Colombia
302:M. c. cinereiventris
200:tawny-faced gnatwren
962:Birds of Costa Rica
458:but rarely follows
371:M. c. semitorquatus
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353:Description
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